Ornamental Balustrades Line The Street Along East Battery In The Battery District Of Charleston

Grand historic homes are located throughout the Historic District of Charleston, South Carolina. Many homes here were built between 150 to 200 years ago. But the section of the Historic District that was mostly favored by the wealthy was the Battery District, the most southern portion of the peninsula on which Charleston was built. Here, beautifully ornate homes line the old streets, such as this grand structure with its ornamental balustrades that line the sidewalk along East Battery, which itself runs right along the Atlantic Ocean in the Charleston Bay. One side of the street looks like this, and the other side is miles of water. So the views from here are absolutely stunning to say the least, and the wealthiest citizens built their estates here. Each level of this home features massive deck balconies connected by a spiral staircase. While we were capturing this series of images, one of the people who live here came out onto the balcony briefly. It is amazing that people are able to own such a beautiful structure. Perhaps they are descendants of the original owners or spent a fortune to purchase it. But we are sure they love it there either way. This same night took us into the darker internal streets of the Battery District, where we captured this narrow view down the dark night time alley to the distant double doors that is now available for sale in the newly created page 3 of our store. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in the Historic District of Charleston including the colorful walkway with lights through humidity, a photo of the ornate house through trees branches, and in the bay where the Schooner named Pride sailed through, each of which are available for sale in our store. Charleston blog posts have documented when The Wild Images Team sought refuge from a historic downpour, which subsequently flooded the Charleston streets, that led to the stranding of our Coordinator Christina, photographed on a humid night as Christina poses in the steamy view, and then on a drier day as Christina rides the ferry to Fort Sumter, which formed these reflective wake trails towards the fort, a late night view through the back gate of a house in the Battery District, and then an image of decorative folk art in a courtyard. In the nearby Historic District of Savannah, Georgia, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as the haunting photo of houses of Calhoun Square through Spanish moss, this view of an ornate house from Lafayette Square, and the mystical aura surrounding the Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park, each of which are available for sale in our store. Savannah blog posts have documented as a boat is dwarfed by the massive Hapag-Lloyd Budapest Express, an evening view of the Savannah River terminals and the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, the amazing story of the Florence Martus Waving Girl Statue, the very detailed National Maritime Day Monument and a photo of its associated Propeller Club Dedication plaque, the perfectly framed view of the William Jasper Monument, the very functional historic armillary sphere of Troup Square, a lucky shot of a ghostly woman in a green dress standing in the doorway, an image of the geometric spiral patterns that fill a stairwell, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome catching some rays and then doing the backstroke in the rooftop pool. In nearby North Carolina, The Wild Images Team has captured photos such as the Cape Lookout Island scenic backdoor view of the lightkeepers house which is available for sale in our store. Blog posts from North Carolina include the standard vegetation as Cape Lookout Lighthouse is framed by pine trees. In the somewhat nearby Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, The Wild Images Team has captured images including the wispy clouds over ornate Front Gates of the Governor’s Palace and a night time view of Josiah Chowning’s Tavern with waitstaff, each of which are available for sale in our store. Colonial Williamsburg blog posts have documented where dianthus barbatus also known as Sweet William grows in the Governor’s Palace Gardens, the day our Travel Gnome jumped the Governor’s Palace wall, was quickly taken into custody by a guard, and sentenced to serve time in the stockade, to which The Wild Images Team was also sentenced thanks to our Travel Gnome, and during a freer time the moment that a couple is married in a jumping the broom ceremony.

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